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This module will provide you with the opportunity to reflect further upon your placement experiences and to deepen your understanding and enhance your skills in relation to work with users of services who may be vulnerable to or present risks and where there are tensions between the demands of care and control. In particular, you will be asked to explore, reflect upon, and make productive use of the emotions that arise when engaging with service users in situations concerning conflict and risk. A variety of different practice situations with a range of service user groups will be considered in terms of an understanding of their different communication needs and the legal, theoretical and evidence base which shape and guide social work assessment and intervention.

This module is designed to address all 6 main SiSWE learning foci: Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Upon completion of this module you will be able to
LO1: Appraise legislation, policy, theory and evidence underpinning partnership working with service users in situations of tension between the demands of care and control
LO2: Critically reflect on the impact upon and use of self and professional identity when working with service users in situations of tension between the demands of care and control
LO3: Critically reflect on the skills required to work in partnership with service users in situations of tension between the demands of care and control
LO4: Debate the conflicts of ethics and values that arise when working with service users in situations of tension between the demands of care and control, including appropriate reference to the codes of practice for social service workers.